§ Mr. Gwynfor Evansasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what are the total social security benefits available to the household of a severely disabled housewife, cared for by an unmarried daughter of employable age for at least 35 hours a week, requiring constant attention, unable to walk and do her own housework and whose husband earns £20,000 a year.
§ Mr. OrmeIt is impossible to give the total amount which might be available to such a household by way of social security benefits without additional information such as the age of the housewife and whether she has the appropriate national insurance contributions to qualify for a contributory benefit. However, the following is a list of benefits which, if the648W qualifying conditions were satisfied, might be available to the household:
Weekly basic benefit £ Sickness Benefit (married women) 10.50* Invalidity Benefit 17.50*† Non-Contributory Invalidity Pension for Married Women 10.50* Attendance Allowance—higher rate 14.00 or lower rate 9.30 Mobility Allowance 7.00‡ Industrial Injury Benefit 17.45*║ Industrial Disablement Benefit: 100 per cent, rate (lesser assessments pro rata) 28.60§ ║ Invalid Care Allowance‡ 10.50 Notes
* The total amount payable could not exceed the highest of these benefits.
† In addition to the invalidity pension of £17.50 there may also be payable an invalidity allowance at one of the following rates: £3.70, £2.30, £1.15.
‡Taxable benefits.
§ Other allowances may be paid with disablement benefit.
║ Disablement benefit may replace injury benefit.
§ Mr. Gwynfor Evansasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what are the total social security benefits apart from State retirement pension available to a housewife over 60 years of age, severely disabled, and cared for by her husband for at least 35 hours a week, unable to walk and do her own housework, both of whom are entirely dependant on the State retirement pension of £28 a week.
§ Mr. Alfred MorrisIt is impossible to give the total amount which might be available to such a housewife without additional information. However, the following benefits might be available to the housewife if the qualifying conditions were satisfied:
£ Attendance Allowance (Higher Rate) 14.00 or (Lower Rate) 9.30 Industrial Disablement Benefit 100 per cent, rate 28.60(1) Notes
1 Other allowances may be paid with disablement benefits.
2. The husband might well be entitled to supplementary benefit for the couple's joint requirements.